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'Surf forecasting' is a branch of marine meteorology, developed and honed by the US Navy during the planning and execution of World War II beach landing operations. Since then, the science has evolved into the employment of sophisticated wave modelling, greatly assisting the marine forecaster's decision making process. NOAA's free distribution of Wavewatch3 products are used by surfers daily around the globe desiring a general look into the surf picture ahead. Multitudes of surf web sites report surf conditions, and interpret government and university swell products to the masses trying to locate the best surf on a given day.

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Global

Africa

Australasia

Europe

Mexico

USA

External links

Global

''in alphabetical order''

★ GlobalSurfari, world wide surf forecasting providing to the point seven day surf forecasts. Use and read with care, forecast points can be several hundred miles from actual selected point.

★ Magicseaweed, A free, spot based global surf forecasting site.

★ Surfline, A comprehensive surf site containing live cameras, reports, forecasting, travel maps, video, photos, reviews, etc. In addition to free data, Surfline has a subscription section that provides access to its proprietary high resolution nearshore surf models.

★ WaveWatch, Free high quality surf forecasts and reports, live surf cams - worldwide. The only free surf site with a paid team of credentialed, experienced forecasters.

★ WetSand, Free surf forecasting service providing long range surf predictions, swell models, wind forecasts, and other various surf-related content.

Africa

★ Jbaysurfreport, free surf report from Jeffreys Bay South Africa

Australasia

★ Swellnet, Streaming Surfcams, Daily Surf Reports (with images) and detailed long-range Surf Forecasts.

★ Coastalwatch, live cameras and surf forecasting.

★ Baliwaves, Surf Reports and forecasting from Bali.

★ SwellMap, New Zealand's leading supplier of marine and surf forecast information, with near shore charts of much of NZ

Europe

★ Surfcore, uses near-shore wave models for surf forecasting. Covers the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

★ Ireland Surf Forecast, initially developed for the east coast of Ireland, it has developed to a country wide forecasting and report site. Includes Google Gadgets, NOAA forecast and Irish weather buoys reports.

★ Basic summary of ocean wave formation

Mexico

★ Baja Surf Maps Complete list of surfbreaks in Baja California.

★ Baja Surfing Breaks Complete list of surfbreaks in Baja including forecasts and maps.

USA

★ WaveCast, free surf forecasts, founded by Nathan Cool.

★ Spitcast, surf reports for San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara & Ventura, California & Long Island New York & New Jersey.

★ SurfingCal.com Northern California surf report, forecast, blog, recent pics, video clips, and articles.

★ Surfinside.com Surf reports, surf forecasts, surfing photography, surfing links, surfing products.

★ SurfSD.com Always Free San Diego Surfing, Surf Reports, Cams, Tides, Weather Report and more.